Only by nuclearizing the entire globe will this technology be able to continue to evolve...
#AI #GenerativeAI #CharacterAI #Google #LLMs #Chatbots #BigTech: "Character.ai is seeking to rebound from Google poaching its founders in a $2.7bn deal by focusing on improving its consumer products rather than building AI models, as concern grows that Big Tech will squash competition from rival start-ups.
Dominic Perella, the company’s new interim chief executive, told the Financial Times that the San Francisco-based start-up had largely abandoned the race to build large language models against better-funded competitors such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI, Amazon and Google.
Instead, three-year-old Character.ai will focus on its popular consumer product, chatbots that simulate conversations in the style of various characters and celebrities, including ones designed by users.
“It got insanely expensive to train frontier models . . . which is extremely difficult to finance on even a very large start-up budget,” said Perrella in his first interview since taking the role in August."
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